So after my many rants about Michael Vaughan what does he do? Gets a hundred. I still maintain he should never have been selected BUT well done to the man for sticking two fingers up at us doubters.
That took character.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Selection Headaches Again
I'm confused again. We've called up Ryan Sidebottom.
Now I have nothing against Ryan but that was slightly left field. Then again can he do any worse than Steve "where's my radar" Harmisson? The bowling does look slightly anaemic, Monty aside. The batting did well, admittedly not against much, but you can hardly blame the batsman.
This presents a problem if Vaughan and Freddie are fit who gets dropped? Surely the centurions pick themselves? Surely they can't play four bowlers given Flintoff's injury problems? How do they fit both Vaughan and Flintoff in? So do they drop Strauss? I'd drop Vaughan as he hasn't scored any runs for ages. But the selectors think he is a tactical genius on a par with Alexander the Great.
All very odd.
Now I have nothing against Ryan but that was slightly left field. Then again can he do any worse than Steve "where's my radar" Harmisson? The bowling does look slightly anaemic, Monty aside. The batting did well, admittedly not against much, but you can hardly blame the batsman.
This presents a problem if Vaughan and Freddie are fit who gets dropped? Surely the centurions pick themselves? Surely they can't play four bowlers given Flintoff's injury problems? How do they fit both Vaughan and Flintoff in? So do they drop Strauss? I'd drop Vaughan as he hasn't scored any runs for ages. But the selectors think he is a tactical genius on a par with Alexander the Great.
All very odd.
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
The Big Fight
Boxing is by all accounts in trouble. The recent "superfight" between Floyd Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya was meant to help change this.
I put the word superfight in quotes because one of the reasons for calling this a superfight was the fact it was the richest outside of the heavyweight division. To me it was a fight beween an aging great (De La Hoya) and a man at the height of his powers (Mayweather).
The decision was a surprising split decision.
Anyway why is boxing in a state? well there are two many champions. How can you have 4 champions at each weight? I became a fan of boxing when there were no more than two champions and genuine superfights took place. Titles were unified. As it was boxing has just disapated into alphabet soup.
Fighters nowadays count themselves great based on how many weights they have won and how many defences they have made. But can a fighter like Calzaghe be great if there are 2 or 3 other fighters at his weight who have as legitimate claim to the title? Mayweather is undoubtedly a super fighter but he has made his way through the decisions beating good fighters but not dominating a division.
To me boxing has to unify the titles or at least great reduce the number of belts. It also has to be on terrestial tv, people need to follow a career.
I put the word superfight in quotes because one of the reasons for calling this a superfight was the fact it was the richest outside of the heavyweight division. To me it was a fight beween an aging great (De La Hoya) and a man at the height of his powers (Mayweather).
The decision was a surprising split decision.
Anyway why is boxing in a state? well there are two many champions. How can you have 4 champions at each weight? I became a fan of boxing when there were no more than two champions and genuine superfights took place. Titles were unified. As it was boxing has just disapated into alphabet soup.
Fighters nowadays count themselves great based on how many weights they have won and how many defences they have made. But can a fighter like Calzaghe be great if there are 2 or 3 other fighters at his weight who have as legitimate claim to the title? Mayweather is undoubtedly a super fighter but he has made his way through the decisions beating good fighters but not dominating a division.
To me boxing has to unify the titles or at least great reduce the number of belts. It also has to be on terrestial tv, people need to follow a career.
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